Caprice Beach West Turkey Dlm Marmaris

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... stagnant water/mud... There was a heated pool to the side and people were 'quite literally' being hosed down before they were allowed to get in (various pool attendants took turns at holding the hose!!)...
When I returned the boat, we had been joined by an organised tour and a lunch of chicken curry (that famous Turkish cuisine!!) was served, whilst we sailed around we passed a couple of ...

... tour to an island that will most likely also have undergone a similar transition.

Does this actually benefit the area? I have to assume that it does, that the number of tourists who travel through from cruise liners and package holidays enjoy the ability to simply relax away from home, thus bringing in vital income to the area. But I hope that areas that cater to the travellers market (for people like myself) is not ignored as ...

... around. I got to go in first while Chris and Damien watched, but the guard was too alert for any subterfuge. It wasn't really a problem, as the baths were also a giant waste of money. I barely noticed the warm water, so busy was I dodging swirls of green goo and flaccid pink Germans. We wandered around the ancient ruins and in the early afternoon made our way to the Marmaris peninsula on the south coast.

... last stup on our tour where we spent no time: the theater. I was tired and unimpressed and frustrated by the delays, which were really no fault of Hayden's or Ali's but were still frustrating. Kristen was just happy to be there. "I mean there's not much here, but its cool to look down over at the sea and see where the Greeks would have waited and camped out for 10 years," she said. I guess I agreed with her.

You only need a little over an hour at Troy, and ...

... this in the same small coach. EVERYTHING we saw belonged to Greeks going back to the times of Alexander the Great. A very nice archeological theatre we saw was built in the year of 500 BC.

By the time the tour is over we have become friends with our tour guide whose name is Zinet. She comes from Kos but she is half Turk and half Greek, with a Greek nationality.

We ask her to recommend a nice place to eat something originally Turkish ...

... out, and heard the little pup barking, that I heard and noticed him at all . . . . and then the bloated, rigor mortised corpse of his road-killed mother, over which he was keeping a sadly pathetic, yet dutiful vigilance. (Full picture at end of story)

There was more to come. But about that later.

I walked on out of town, perhaps a mile and a half to the turn-off. And shortly there after was able to hitch a ride part way to the ...

... though. Curiously enough, where I happened to pause to rest and enjoy the view, there was scratched into a hard white lichen (I think) the initials and date of a previous visitor to that one particular rock!

Finally in sight of a dirt road I found my way to it, expecting it to lead me back down to the coast. But to my amazement, after the road went over the lip of the crest, it just fanned out in a short scree. It didn't go anywhere. Some debris, I guess, from a near-by ...

... about 3 to 4 hours. Some folks go over for visa renewals, some for duty-free shopping (whatever that is), some just for the sights; and most for a lunch. The Turkish boat crew take passports and do all the rest of it.

I myself immediately headed up to the castle for the view, and then a walk around the back of the town for the view from there as well; then I went down to the quayside for a lunch, after which just enough time for a Greek ...

... prepared breakfast, lunch and dinner meals included grilled meats, fish dishes a variety of fresh salads and fruits and Turkish specialties. You will never go hungry aboard a gulet! In most of the private charters it offers, meals are fully included (except soft and alcoholic beverages), served three times at the day. If you plan to celebrate an anniversary or birthday during your voyage, special arrangements may be made in advance. A special dessert, or a bottle of ...